'55 Chevy Bel Air Build Thread

[jsxtreme]

What kind of ignition gremlins?

Spun the motor up pretty good a few weeks ago and blew up the distributor cap and rotor. Now it has a back fire / misfire like 1500-3k RPM's. Probably broke something in the points? I might swap to an HEI distributor and see if that fixes it.

[mustangmike6996]

Spun the motor up pretty good a few weeks ago and blew up the distributor cap and rotor. Now it has a back fire / misfire like 1500-3k RPM's. Probably broke something in the points? I might swap to an HEI distributor and see if that fixes it.

That's an intersting one. Points are simple but the HEI dist. is a pretty solid upgrade.

[jsxtreme]

I ordered an HEI and new ignition coil last night.

[jsxtreme]

Ignition shit is sorted. Little piece of metal floating around in the points screwing everything up. Put a new HEI in it and away we go.